Egyptian Geese

Sorry, for the delay. The easiest way to tell them apart is by sound. The male will have a hoarse sounding hiss and the female will have a kind of quack but not load like a duck. The female is usually a little smaller than the male, but they are colored the same. The males can be very aggressive toward other birds, so I would not lock them in with your birds.
Christie
 
Sorry, for the delay. The easiest way to tell them apart is by sound. The male will have a hoarse sounding hiss and the female will have a kind of quack but not load like a duck. The female is usually a little smaller than the male, but they are colored the same. The males can be very aggressive toward other birds, so I would not lock them in with your birds.
Christie
Thanks, the one with the wing is larger & is the one making a hissing sort of sound. I don't have a single empty place left that would be raccoon proof at this time to try & lure them into, if they keep coming back I'll have to work on something.
 
They're still here today, every other time they've disappeared in the afternoon. :ya but what do I do with them if they seem to want to stay tonight? I don't want them to be eaten by the raccoons we always have coming in our yard.
They most likely won't stay on the ground when it starts to get dusk. Do you have a spare shed? I am not sure I'd put them with the chickens my geese would probably decimate my chickens if they had to sleep with them.You may be able to lure them into a building with food but make sure to put water with it they have to have water to eat.. They are so pretty. The wing hanging could be from an old injury. Do they hunt them in Texas like Canada's?
I don't know the hunting rules for geese in Texas, I'll have to look into it....
 
Thanks, the one with the wing is larger & is the one making a hissing sort of sound. I don't have a single empty place left that would be raccoon proof at this time to try & lure them into, if they keep coming back I'll have to work on something.
I'd say the one doing the most hissing or all of it is the gander. My youngest gander loves to hiss. My oldest just loves to bite.
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Did they stay the night and if yes where did they stay?
 
Thanks, the one with the wing is larger

I'd say the one doing the most hissing or all of it is the gander. My youngest gander loves to hiss. My oldest just loves to bite. :/
Did they stay the night and if yes where did they stay? 

No they were gone later in the afternoon & back this morning when I went out to feed chickens, its 12:30 now & they are still out on top of one of my chicken coops, they seem to disappear everyday in the afternoon & don't come back until the next morning. I wish I could see them fly off so I might have an idea where their going everyday.
 
No they were gone later in the afternoon & back this morning when I went out to feed chickens, its 12:30 now & they are still out on top of one of my chicken coops, they seem to disappear everyday in the afternoon & don't come back until the next morning. I wish I could see them fly off so I might have an idea where their going everyday.
You'll just have to spend some time outside before it gets too late. You know in your spare time...
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I did look up the hunting rules in Texas & the Egyptians are supposed to be protected but I haven't seen them in 4 days now
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I hope they come back. If Texas is anything like NC protected doesn't mean a whole lot to some. Lets hope if they belonged to someone they went home.
 
i wonder where they came from they must have flown away from a zoo or someones aviary. they do take some special care as they are ornamental fowl so they wouldn't be able to survive here for too long unless someone did free range them and they picked up a few tricks ,but free ranging them is really dumb because they are very expensive,could easily be picked off by predators, and could easily pick up diseases that they have no natural antibodies to.
 
I am surprised they are protected since they are not native. I have friends that get them coming through every once in a while. I know the New Orleans Zoo used to be overrun with them. Personally I would recommend clipping their wings if you get a chance and pinioning the wings of any babies to keep them from being a problem.
 

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